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International Literacy Day: Should not We Redefine ‘Literacy’ Against the Current Global Scenario?
Following the usual calendar, International Literacy Day has appeared again before us to make us conscious and consider our progress since we observed it last year (2024). The world knows that UNESCO was established on this International Literacy Day in 1966 to raise awareness about the essential role of literacy for individuals, communities, and societies, meaning the darkness of illiteracy must be dispelled by individual, social, state and global efforts. It also means observing the International Literacy Day at the behest or call of the state, only as a ceremonial event that does not reflect its true objective. It is...
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International Literacy Day: Should not We Redefine ‘Literacy’ Against the Current Global Scenario?
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Milestone Tragedy and Our Response
Milestone School and College experienced quite an unexpected and unfathomable tragic incident, the first of its kind in Bangladesh. However, our response to that...
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To keep pace with the fast-growing demand for English knowing people establishing English version school along with English medium has gained momentum in the...
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Primary Completion Examination 2012: Who Drop Out and Why?
The primary completion examinations 2012 of general and madrasa education just completed with some 29.69 lakh examinees. This year the primary completion examination has taken place at 6,364 centers across the country and another eight centers overseas. A total of 26,41,067 general and 3,28,326 madrasa students have registered to sit for the exams while the number of female examinees...
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The COVID situation and the theatre of introducing a so-called 'competency-based' curriculum pushed the teaching and learning situation to the lowest rung. In the...
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Ragging Culture in Bangladeshi Universities
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World University Ranking 2020: Where Do Bangladeshi Universities Stand?
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